October 27, 2026
Monday Mystery Answered
On Monday I wrote… Yesterday morning, top Celery Farm Nature Preserve birder Julie McCall saw an unusual-looking hawk over the…
On Monday, I asked: "What is this? I know of at least two other North Jerseyans who own one."
The answer is an Olt Turkey Hooter and Owl Call.
Janet Terchek, Sally Teschon and Randal Sokolik all ID'd it correctly, and Randal even knew it was an Olt.
The directions that came with the call note that "the owl [call] can also be used to call owls and for shooting owls in the states where the law does not prohibit."
Shooting owls is illegal in New Jersey, thank goodness.
By the way, Stiles Thomas and Don Torino also own their own Olt owl calls.